Proclamation No. 505, s. 2024

MALACANAN PALACE MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

PROCLAMATION NO. 505

DECLARING TUESDAY, 23 APRIL 2024, A SPECIAL (NON-WORKING) DAY IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF PLARIDEL, PROVINCE OF BULACAN

WHEREAS, on 23:April 2024, Tuesday, the Municipality of Plaridel, Province of Bulacan will mark the celebration of the “Battle of Quingua’;

WHEREAS, the Battle of Quingua was fought on 23 April 1899 in Plaridel, Bulacan, wherein the Filipino forces were under the command of General Gregorio del Pilar, and was one of the most significant victories of the Filipinos in the Philippine-American war;

WHEREAS, it is but fitting and proper that the people of the Municipality of Plaridel be given full opportunity to participate in the occasion and enjoy the celebration;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, LUCAS P. BERSAMIN, Executive Secretary, by authority of the President, FERDINAND R. MARCOS, JR., do hereby declare Tuesday, 23 April 2024, a special (non-working) day in the Municipality of Plaridel, Province of Bulacan.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, | have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Republic of the Philippines to be affixed.

Done in the City of Manila, this 19th dayof March _ , inthe year of Our Lord, Two Thousand and Twenty Four.

By authority of the President:

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